States ban plastic bags, PFAS chemicals, and foam containers to cut waste and improve recycling across multiple industries ...

BRUSSELS, April 24 (Reuters) - The European Parliament approved a proposed law on Wednesday that would ban certain single-use plastic packaging like mini shampoo bottles in hotels and thin plastic ...

Of the 400-million-plus tons of plastic that the world produces each year, more than a third is only used once before it’s thrown out. Each minute, by some estimates, the equivalent of a garbage truck ...

Negotiators struck a deal that’s far less ambitious than initially proposed. BRUSSELS — Single-use plastic packaging for fresh fruit and vegetables, mini hotel toiletries and fast food in restaurants ...

Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste — and why do single-use items ...

The Biden administration is touting a new rule as a means to reduce waste generation, but advocates counter that the government squandered an opportunity to clamp down on single-use plastics.

The first thing I think about every morning is my iPhone alarm. The second? Plastic pollution. I cofounded Grove Collaborative, a brand making consumer products more sustainable, so my notifications ...

Those crinkly plastic cartons are so much more than just a single-use receptacle for storing your favorite fruit.

It takes more than 1,000 years for plastic to decompose. Every plastic bottle, straw and container ever thrown away is still intact and somewhere on earth. The plastic problem affects every part of ...